diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..92d3ac2a8717
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# .env.example committed to repo
+GITHUB_TOKEN=
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f2dfe5633ba8..93753bed5768 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -38,3 +38,4 @@ node_modules/
 /brightray/brightray.suo
 /brightray/brightray.v12.suo
 /brightray/brightray.xcodeproj/
+.env
diff --git a/npm/package.json b/npm/package.json
index 2f9375f022a2..b34c1751700e 100644
--- a/npm/package.json
+++ b/npm/package.json
@@ -21,10 +21,7 @@
     "standard": "^5.4.1",
     "tape": "^3.0.1"
   },
-  "author": "Mathias Buus",
-  "license": "MIT",
   "directories": {
     "test": "test"
-  },
-  "keywords": ["electron"]
+  }
 }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 2850b84d27a6..c3a4547881e0 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,15 +1,20 @@
 {
   "name": "electron",
   "version": "1.7.4",
+  "repository": "https://github.com/electron/electron",
+  "description": "Build cross platform desktop apps with JavaScript, HTML, and CSS",
   "devDependencies": {
     "asar": "^0.11.0",
     "browserify": "^13.1.0",
+    "dotenv-safe": "^4.0.4",
     "electabul": "~0.0.4",
     "electron-docs-linter": "^2.3.3",
     "electron-typescript-definitions": "^1.2.7",
+    "github": "^9.2.0",
     "request": "^2.68.0",
     "standard": "^8.4.0",
-    "standard-markdown": "^4.0.0"
+    "standard-markdown": "^4.0.0",
+    "temp": "^0.8.3"
   },
   "standard": {
     "ignore": [
@@ -41,9 +46,15 @@
     "create-api-json": "electron-docs-linter docs --outfile=out/electron-api.json --version=$npm_package_version",
     "create-typescript-definitions": "npm run create-api-json && electron-typescript-definitions --in=out/electron-api.json --out=out/electron.d.ts",
     "preinstall": "node -e 'process.exit(0)'",
+    "publish-to-npm": "node ./script/publish-to-npm.js",
     "release": "./script/upload.py -p",
     "repl": "python ./script/start.py --interactive",
     "start": "python ./script/start.py",
     "test": "python ./script/test.py"
-  }
+  },
+  "license": "MIT",
+  "author": "Electron Community",
+  "keywords": [
+    "electron"
+  ]
 }
diff --git a/script/publish-to-npm.js b/script/publish-to-npm.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5066a9fff1bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/script/publish-to-npm.js
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+require('dotenv-safe').load()
+
+const temp = require('temp'),
+      fs   = require('fs'),
+      util = require('util'),
+      path = require('path'),
+      childProcess = require('child_process'),
+      GitHubApi = require('github'),
+      request = require('request'),
+      rootPackageJson = require('../package.json')
+
+const github = new GitHubApi({
+  // debug: true,
+  headers: { 'User-Agent': 'electron-npm-publisher' },
+  followRedirects: false,
+})
+github.authenticate({
+  type: 'token',
+  token: process.env.GITHUB_TOKEN
+})
+
+let tempDir
+temp.track()   // track and cleanup files at exit
+
+const files = [
+  'cli.js',
+  'index.js',
+  'install.js',
+  'package.json',
+  'README.md'
+]
+
+const jsonFields = [
+  'name',
+  'version',
+  'repository',
+  'description',
+  'license',
+  'author',
+  'keywords'
+]
+
+new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+  temp.mkdir('electron-npm', (err, dirPath) => {
+    if (err) {
+      reject(err)
+    } else {
+      resolve(dirPath)
+    }
+  })
+}).then((dirPath) => {
+  tempDir = dirPath
+
+  // copy files from `/npm` to temp directory
+  files.forEach((name) => {
+    fs.writeFileSync(
+      path.join(tempDir, name),
+      fs.readFileSync(path.join(__dirname, '..', 'npm', name))
+    )
+  })
+  // copy from root package.json to temp/package.json
+  const packageJson = require(path.join(tempDir, 'package.json'))
+  jsonFields.forEach((fieldName) => {
+    packageJson[fieldName] = rootPackageJson[fieldName]
+  })
+  fs.writeFileSync(
+    path.join(tempDir, 'package.json'),
+    JSON.stringify(packageJson, null, 2)
+  )
+
+  return github.repos.getReleases({
+    owner: 'electron',
+    repo: 'electron',
+  })
+
+}).then((releases) => {
+  // download electron.d.ts from draft release
+  const draftRelease = releases.data.find(
+    // (release) => release.draft && release.tag_name === `v${rootPackageJson.version}`
+    (release) => release.draft && release.tag_name === `test`
+
+  )
+  if (!draftRelease) {
+    throw `cannot find release with tag v${rootPackageJson.version}`
+  }
+  return draftRelease.assets.find((asset) => asset.name === 'electron.d.ts')
+
+}).then((tsdAsset) => {
+  if (!tsdAsset) {
+    throw 'cannot find electron.d.ts from draft release assets'
+  }
+  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    request.get({
+      url: tsdAsset.url,
+      headers: {
+        'accept': 'application/octet-stream',
+        'user-agent': 'electron-npm-publisher',
+        Authorization: `token ${process.env.GITHUB_TOKEN}`
+      }
+    }, (err, response, body) => {
+      if (err) {
+        reject(err)
+      } else {
+        fs.writeFileSync(path.join(tempDir, 'electron.d.ts'), body)
+        resolve()
+      }
+    })
+  })
+})
+.then(() => childProcess.execSync('npm publish', { cwd: tempDir }))
+.catch((err) => console.error(`Error: ${err}`))